Empire and the Gothic: The Politics of Genre

Smith, A.; Hughes, W.

This innovative volume considers the relationship between the Gothic and theories of Post-Colonialism. Contributors explore how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Arunhati Roy and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala use the Gothic for postcolonial ends. Post-Colonial theory is applied to earlier Gothic narratives in order to re-examine the ostensibly colonialist writings of William Beckford, Charlotte Dacre, H. Rider Haggard and Bram Stoker. Contributors include Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, David Punter and Neil Cornwell.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-12-13

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333984055

DOI: 10.1057/9781403919342

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 248